Alex Rawnsley's inside look at the BCHL's Powell River Kings

Saturday Highlights & Keats Interview on 2-0 WJAC Start

It’s been a weird last couple of days, and I haven’t had a chance to get a good crack on the blog to get a recap up from Saturday’s 4-1 win over the Clippers. To make up for that, here’s highlights from 3 of the Kings 4 goals on Saturday, with McCarrick and MacLean scoring their 1st, along with Leung’s shorthanded tally.

Secondly, I had a chance to speak with Powell River Kings forward Kurt Keats after Canada West’s 4-1 win against the Czech Republic on Tuesday afternoon. West now 2-0 at the tournament and are booked into Friday’s semi-final.

Keats is primarily on a shut-down role along with fellow BCHL’er Steen Cooper (Cowichan). He’s been held scoreless through the tournament to date, however did mention before the interview that he’s had a couple of decent chances he wasn’t able to convert. I’ve been taking in some of the tournament via FastHockey and Keats has been typically strong on the face-offs and doing well in his shut-down role.

We started off by talking about the captaincy which was bestowed upon Keats prior to the tournament: